Jacksonia

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Conservation status: . . .

Etymology:   

• The species is named in memory of the late Mr. George Jackson, F.L.S., "a man of the most excellent and amiable character, devoted to the science of botany"

Flowers:                  

• The flowers are arranged in spikes or racemes with small bracts or bracteoles

• The sepals are joined to form a short tube and the petals are usually shorter than the sepals

• The standard or banner petal is circular or kidney-shaped, the wing petals are oblong and the keel petal is more or less straight and wider than the wings

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Leaves:         

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Habit:        

• Plants in the genus Jacksonia are mostly leafless shrubs or small trees with rigid branches, and leaves reduced to small scales

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• Australia:     

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • The genus Jacksonia was first formally described by James Edward Smith from an unpublished manuscript by Robert Brown

  • Smith's description was published in 1811 in Rees's Cyclopædia along with a description of J. scoparia and J. spinosa

  • Smith noted that Brown had named the species "in memory of the late Mr. George Jackson, F.L.S., a man of the most excellent and amiable character, devoted to the science of botany" 

  • Jackson had died suddenly at the age of 31, in January of the same year

• Accepted species

  • The following is a list of Jacksonia species accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at December 2023:

    • • 1. Jacksonia acicularis Chappill (W.A.)

        2. Jacksonia aculeata W.Fitzg. (W.A., N.T.)

        3. Jacksonia alata Benth. (W.A.)

        4. Jacksonia angulata Benth. (W.A.)

        5. Jacksonia anthoclada Chappill (W.A.)

        6. Jacksonia arenicola Chappill (W.A.)

        7. Jacksonia argentea C.A.Gardner (W.A.)

        8. Jacksonia arida Chappill (W.A.)

        9. Jacksonia arnhemica Chappill (N.T.)

        10. Jacksonia calcicola Chappill (W.A.)

        11. Jacksonia calycina Domin (W.A.)

        12. Jacksonia capitata Benth. (W.A.)

        13. Jacksonia carduacea Meisn. (W.A.)

        14. Jacksonia chappilliae C.F.Wilkins (N.S.W.)

        15. Jacksonia compressa Turcz. (W.A.)

        16. Jacksonia condensata Crisp & J.R.Wheeler (W.A.)

        17. Jacksonia cupulifera Meisn. (W.A.)

        18. Jacksonia debilis Chappill (W.A.)

        19. Jacksonia dendrospinosa Chappill (W.A.)

        20. Jacksonia dilatata Benth. (N.T., Qld.)

        21. Jacksonia divisa Chappill (N.T.)

        22. Jacksonia effusa Chappill (N.T.)

        23. Jacksonia elongata Chappill (W.A.)

        24. Jacksonia epiphyllum Chappill (W.A.)

        25. Jacksonia eremodendron E.Pritz. (W.A.)

        26. Jacksonia fasciculata Meisn. (W.A.)

        27. Jacksonia flexuosa Chappill (N.T.)

        28. Jacksonia floribunda Endl. – holly pea (W.A.)

        29. Jacksonia foliosa Turcz. (W.A.)

        30. Jacksonia forrestii F.Muell. – broom bush (W.A., N.T.)

        31. Jacksonia furcellata (Bonpl.) DC. — grey stinkwood (W.A.)

        32. Jacksonia gracillima Chappill (W.A.)

        33. Jacksonia grevilleoides Turcz. (W.A.)

        34. Jacksonia hakeoides Meisn. (W.A.)

        35. Jacksonia horrida DC. (W.A.)

        36. Jacksonia humilis Chappill (W.A.)

        37. Jacksonia intricata Chappill (W.A.)

        38. Jacksonia jackson Chappill (W.A.)

        39. Jacksonia lanicarpa Chappill

        40. Jacksonia lateritica Chappill

        41. Jacksonia lehmannii Meisn. (W.A.)

        42. Jacksonia macrocalyx Meisn.

        43. Jacksonia nematoclada F.Muell.

        44. Jacksonia nutans Chappill

        45. Jacksonia odontoclada F.Muell. ex Benth.

        46. Jacksonia pendens Chappill

        47. Jacksonia pungens Chappill

        48. Jacksonia quairading Chappill

        49. Jacksonia quinkanensis Chappill

        50. Jacksonia racemosa Meisn.

        51. Jacksonia ramosissima Benth.

        52. Jacksonia ramulosa Chappill

        53. Jacksonia reclinata Chappill

        54. Jacksonia remota Chappill

        55. Jacksonia restioides Meisn.

        56. Jacksonia rhadinoclada F.Muell.

        57. Jacksonia rhadinoclona F.Muell. (Qld.)

        58. Jacksonia rigida Chappill

        59. Jacksonia rubra Chappill

        60. Jacksonia rupestris Chappill

        61. Jacksonia scoparia R.Br. — dogwood (Qld., N.S.W.)

        62. Jacksonia sericea Benth. — waldjumi (W.A.)

        63. Jacksonia spicata Chappill

        64. Jacksonia spinosa (Labill.) R.Br. ex Sm.

        65. Jacksonia stackhousei F.Muell.

        66. Jacksonia stellaris Chappill

        67. Jacksonia sternbergiana Hügel ex Benth. — stinkwood, green stinkwood (W.A.)

        68. Jacksonia tarinensis Chappill

        69. Jacksonia thesioides A.Cunn. ex Benth.

        70. Jacksonia velutina Benth.

        71. Jacksonia venosa Chappill

        72. Jacksonia velveta Chappill

        73. Jacksonia vernicosa F.Muell. ex Benth.

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonia_(plant) (2024)